AltWeeklies Wire
Gold Rush: The Invasion of the Nugget Suckersnew
Gold can be volatile, in investments or in the environment. Compared to other Western states like Idaho and California, “on the whole Oregon is not very well endowed,” when it comes to gold, UO geology professor Mark Reed says. But thanks to the skyrocketing price of gold — analysts predict an ounce of gold will sell for more than $2,000 before the end of the year — there’s a gold rush for Oregon’s public lands and pristine rivers.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-22-2011 |
Environment
Protest Rules: Against Big Oil in Montananew
The last night of the Earth First! 2011 Round River Rendezvous was one of the quietest nights of the almost weeklong gathering. The environmental activists slept at their campsites in the Lolo National Forest, awaiting a 5 am wake-up call for an action against Big Oil that would use chants, signs and “sleeping dragons.” After days of workshops and training sessions, participants knew the action would target the tar sands route and oil pipelines; they knew their legal rights and they knew how to practice civil disobedience and direct action as safely and ethically as possible.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
07-21-2011 |
Environment
Carbon Nation: CO2 Injection Hits the Northwestnew
Carbon capture and storage. It’s magic! With a little hocus pocus gas becomes liquid. But it might be a little more like a curse than a spell, or at least it has been for a farm in Canada where ponds began to fizz and ponds began to bubble.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-16-2011 |
Environment
Drone Zone: High-Tech War Games in Oregon?new
If senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have their way, and the FAA reauthorization bill is signed into law with an increase in drone-testing areas inserted, then a swath of high desert, currently home to sage grouse and antelope, could become prime real estate for drones or more accurately, unmanned aerial systems. As war becomes more and more like a high tech video game, the question becomes: Does Oregon want to be in the business of testing killing machines?
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
05-20-2011 |
War
Battle Over Biomassnew
Angry loggers, protesters locking themselves to cars and belligerent law enforcement bring to mind the face-offs between loggers and activists during the logging wars of the Northwest in the 1990s. But these days, with only a few exceptions, it’s energy and climate change, not old growth, that are causing the clashes between corporations and ecowarriers.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
05-13-2011 |
Environment
How Not to Get a Drink Thrown in Your Facenew
The shotgun approach to dating and other ways not to pick up women.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
03-25-2011 |
Sex
What's Green on Oregon's Legislative Agenda?new
When not deciding really important things like whether border collies are more symbolic of Oregon than Labradors, Oregon’s Legislature will be voting on issues that affect not only the economy, jobs and whose dog is the coolest but the environment as well.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-31-2011 |
Environment
Tags: Oregon, Sierra Club
From BP to politics: Oregon Governor Kitzhaber's New Chief of Staffnew
Charming, funny and Oregonian to the core, Robinhold brings a little Big Oil slickness to the Oregon governor’s office.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-28-2011 |
Politics
Cry Me a Rivernew
The battle for water in the West is not just about who owns it. It's also about how to keep it clean.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
12-27-2010 |
Environment
Small Town Strip Minenew
The small town of Dexter, Ore. is discovering the explosive consequences of inviting big timber to pay the bills.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
12-20-2010 |
Environment
Freshwater Fisticuffs: Warring For Water Rightsnew
Now that logging has slowed to a trickle, will there be water barons crawling out of the woodwork to exploit what might be Oregon’s most valuable resource in an era of climate change?
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
12-09-2010 |
Environment
The Public Option: It's Alive! Sort ofnew
Oregon could be the first state to resurrect the public option from the political grave where Americans thought it had been interred.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-23-2010 |
Policy Issues
Tags: HCR
Fighting Fossil Foolsnew
Winona LaDuke and the campaign to block the oil machines from hell.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
09-02-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Winona Laduke
Wingnut is as Wingnut Doesnew
The recent rise of the Tea Party could be a sign that we’ve hit peak wingnut. Or maybe a truer sign is the race for Oregon’s 4th District congressional seat, which has already been characterized by threats of chicken suits.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
08-12-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Tea Party, Art Robinson
Biomass: Is Its Bite Worth the Bark?new
It seems the word “biomass” is synonymous with burning trees in a plant, but the term is much broader than that. Biomass energy can come from more sources than just burning wood.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
07-22-2010 |
Environment
